Garrett John Hedlund was born on September 3,1984 and is an American actor.
26 Facts About Garrett Hedlund
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Garrett Hedlund's films include Troy, Friday Night Lights, Four Brothers, Eragon, Death Sentence, Tron: Legacy, Country Strong, On the Road, Inside Llewyn Davis, Unbroken, Pan, Mudbound and Triple Frontier.
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Garrett John Hedlund was born on September 3,1984, in Roseau, Minnesota, to Kristine Anne and Robert Martin Hedlund.
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Garrett Hedlund's father is of Swedish descent and his mother is of Norwegian and German descent.
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Garrett Hedlund is the youngest of three children, with a brother, Nathaniel, and a sister, Amanda.
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In 2003, Garrett Hedlund moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career.
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At the age of nineteen, Garrett Hedlund made his debut in his first feature film playing Patroclus who was the younger cousin of Achilles played by Brad Pitt in the mythological epic adventure war drama Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
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Garrett Hedlund co-starred with Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou and John Malkovich in the fantasy-adventure film Eragon as Murtagh Morzansson.
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Garrett Hedlund lends his image and voice to his character Murtagh in the video game Eragon.
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Garrett Hedlund won a "Darwinian casting process" which tested hundreds of actors, being chosen for having the "unique combination of intelligence, wit, humor, look and physicality" that the producers were looking for in Flynn's son.
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Garrett Hedlund trained hard to do his own stunts, which included jumping over cars and copious wire and harness work.
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Garrett Hedlund co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester and his Friday Night Lights co-star, country musician Tim McGraw in the musical drama Country Strong, which was released on December 22,2010.
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Garrett Hedlund recorded a number of songs for the film including "Chances Are" which appeared on Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
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On June 7,2011, Garrett Hedlund was named "Man of the Year" at the Glamour Awards.
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Garrett Hedlund co-starred with Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen as Dean Moriarty in the 2012 adventure drama On the Road, produced by Francis Ford Coppola.
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Garrett Hedlund was cast as Kaneda Shotaro in the live-action version of Akira but production of the film was cancelled.
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In 2013, Garrett Hedlund co-starred with Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Adam Driver in the French-American black comedy-drama film Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
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Garrett Hedlund pays homage to a fallen cowboy whose name is Lane Frost in the music video of the song Beautiful War by American rock band Kings of Leon.
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Garrett Hedlund starred in the drama film Lullaby in 2014, directed by Andrew Levitas.
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Garrett Hedlund played James Hook in the film Pan in 2015, co-starring alongside Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara and Levi Miller, directed by Joe Wright.
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Garrett Hedlund co-starred with Joe Alwyn and Vin Diesel in the 2016 film war drama film Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, directed by Ang Lee.
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In 2018, Hedlund produced and starred alongside Juno Temple in the short film Tocsin filmed in Cayman Islands and directed by Frank E Flowers.
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That same year, he was the main protagonist of the movie Burden playing Mike Burden, in this dramatic film inspired by true events Garrett Hedlund acted alongside Forest Whitaker and Usher.
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Garrett Hedlund co-starred with Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, and Pedro Pascal in the action-adventure film, released by Netflix in 2019 and directed by J C Chandor, Triple Frontier recorded between Soacha and Bogota, where he plays a former Special Forces Soldier in a particular mercenary operation in South America.
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From 2012 to 2016, Garrett Hedlund was in a relationship with his On the Road co-star Kirsten Dunst.
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In March 2019, Garrett Hedlund began a relationship with actress Emma Roberts.